Fire-grate



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FIRE GRATB. No. 265.189.- Patented Sept. 26, 1882.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN vAN, OE CINCINNATI, OHIO.

FIRE-GRATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 265,189, dated September 26, 1882 Appnatiqu filed July 19, Issa. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN VAN, of Cincinnati, Hamilton county, Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in FireGrates, of which the following is a specification.

My invention has for its object a form of fire-grate for cooking range and other fireplaces that combines durability with great freedom of draft and facility for dumping the contents and reversal of the grate-bottom.

My improvement relates particularly to the grate floor or bottom, which consists essentially of an open double grating or cresset, preferably of a flattened cylindrical form,whieh is made up of a system of open elliptical frames formed with lateral studs and projecting hubs having angular orifices, and transixed upon a horizontal shaft having angular body, by which they are suspended in the lire-chamber, and by which they are held in position for use, or agitated, dumped, or inverted, as the exigencies of use may require.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective, and Fig. 2 a top view, showing my g-rate in place within a range, portions of whose fire-wall and grate-rest are broken away to expose the operative parts. Fi g.3 is a vertical section of the same at right angles to the shaft. Figs. 4 and 5 are respectively detached views of one of the component Vpanels or sections, and ofthe shaft,` with its supportingbearings. Fig. 6 shows a modification of my sl1aft` lock.

A may represent a portion of the outer shell or body of a cooking-range, andvB the walls of the tire-chamber. Brackets() upon said shell support an open rectangular frame, D, that constitutes my grate-rest. This rest may be plain, but is preferably armed with teeth E, which, while contracting to some extent the in terstice between the chamber-walls and the grate, and thus preventing the escape of fuel, permit the descent of ashes and the ascent of draft-air. Depressions F F' in the front and rear bars of the grate-rest receive and support a shaft, G, whose forward extremity is bent rectaugularly to form a handle, H. 'lhe portion of the shaft which protrudes beyond the fire-front has an orice, g, which receives a pin, I, that, resting in lugs J J f, that project from the range-body, serves to steady the shaft, while permitting a limited rocking of the same, such as will suftice to stir the fire and precipitate ashes. The portions g g" of the shaft which occupy the depressions F F' are cylindrical, and constitute itsjouruals. y.The portion g of the shaft situated between the ]'ournalsris of square or other non-circular section, and occupies corresponding orifices, 7c, Fig. 4, in the hubs K of a congeries of grate-bars or sections L, having preferably the form of open-work elliptical disks, whose peripheries are preferablyarmed with radial spurs M. The hubs K project sniiiciently beyond the faces of the elliptical disks to hold them a suiiicient distance asunder to afford openings forthe descent of ashes and the ascent of draft-air. Studs N, that project from one side of each section, may also aid in holdingtliem the proper distance apart. The grate-rest is preferably constructed of sufficient width to support lining-slabs B, of firetile or other refractory material.

A modification of my shaftlock is shown at Fig. 6, in which a hook, P, which enters a4 slot, Q, in the shaft G. exercise the same functions as are discharged by the pin I.

All parts of the open elliptical sections are so made as to combine strength with lightness and ample passage-way for descending ashes and ascending draft-air.

The studded and arching or comb form and separation from one another, with consequent free access of draft-air of the for the time be ing upper side of the described sectional grate, protects both it and the supporting shaft against sagging by heat, the said grate, by holding the incandescent mass well away from the supporting-shaft, preventing its succumbing to the intense heat of the fire.

. A still further security against sagging and burning out is afforded by the capacity to completely invert the grate at any moment, so as to expose the diametrically-opposite sides of both sectional grate and supporting-shaft to the influence of the fire, any tendency to sag that may have been acquired by the supporting-shaft being,of course, by such change in position reversed.

Should any one orv more of the sections become damaged by heat, they can be readily and cheaply replaced by new ones without necessitating renewal of the entire grate.

All the sections ot' any given size of grate shaft G, having non-circular portion g, and are easily molded and cast from a single pata series of open disks, L, each formed with tern of my simple construction. lateral studs N, and projecting hub K., having The above-described preferred form of my `non-circular orice k, as set forth. 15

5 invention may be varied in non-essential par- In testimony of which invention I hereunto ticnlars. For example, a circular, an oblong, set my hand. or an approximately rectangular form may be given to the component grate-sections to suit JOHN VAN' dierent purposes of combustion, 8vo. Attest:

1o I claim as new and of my invention- GEO. H. KNIGHT,

The improved reversible grate, consisting of N. ROCKHOLD, Jr. 

